Gamers starting to prefer Smartphones, game design guru leaves Apple and more in this week's mobile news.

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On December 10, 2010

A recent survey shows gamers are starting to prefer Smartphones over their DS/PSP for mobile gaming. Gizmodo explains why a Verizon iPhone may drop fewer calls than one from AT&T. Game design guru Graeme Devine has left Apple to puruse independent iOS game development. Charities are not happy about Apple’s ban on donations for iPhone […]

Announcing the winners of the AppifyWP WordPress theme!

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On December 6, 2010

Corey from AppifyWP graciously offered a few licenses of his great WordPress theme to our readers. He has selected the winners: @albertgrala @bearc0025 @AppleNTech @tjreo @GFCTheme The winner of the unlimited license is: @Stoicjustice83 Congrats to the winners and thanks again to Corey for providing this giveaway.

Zynga at it again, Verizon launching 4G network and more in this week's news.

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On December 3, 2010

Zynga buys Words with Friends developer Newtoy and rebrands it as Zynga With Friends. Major retailers are working on their own iPod Touch and iPad POS systems. Verizon will be launching their 4G cellular network on Sunday. Gizmodo has a sneak peek of the Android Gingerbread interface. Froyo Gains 10% in Latest Android OS Distribution

The Nielson Company releases stats on smartphone use

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On December 2, 2010

A report released by The Nielsen Company shows 29.7 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers own smartphones that run full operating systems. The stats indicate that iPhone and Blackberry are neck in neck at 27% and Android comes in second at 22%.

iOS 4.3 is on the way

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On November 30, 2010

Now that iOS 4.2 was finally released it time to move on and talk about…the release of iOS 4.3. Once again the rumors are flying and a mid-December release is being predicted. Here is what MacRumors had to say: Here’s what we heard from a reliable source: when Apple didn’t know about the WiFi issues […]

Win a copy of AppifyWP the WordPress theme for iPhone and iPad devs!

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On November 26, 2010

This week instead of apps we are giving away AppifyWP, a WordPress theme for iPhone and iPad developers. AppifyWP makes it easy to setup a site built on WordPress and showcase your app. We are giving away one Unlimited license valued at $115 and 5 Single Licenses valued at $39 each. To win all you have […]

Apple fans rejoice, iOS 4.2 is finally here

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On November 23, 2010

After what seems like an eternity Apple has finally released iOS 4.2 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod. Apple is really talking this release up for iPad owners: “iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 […]

Rumor has it there will be no embedded SIMs in iPhones

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On November 22, 2010

The big news over the weekend is Apple’s attempt to use embedded SIMs in iPhones and getting some push back from carriers. It seems mobile phone companies don’t like the idea of a consumer being able to activate their phone while having minimal contact with the carrier itself. This is such a big deal that […]

3D App giveaway courtesy of Amazing Books!

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On November 19, 2010

Not only are the guys over at Amazing Books great guys and fun to chat with they are also generous. If you would like to win one of their apps we have three each of “Jack and the Beanstalk 3D” and “The Three Little Pigs 3D“. All you have to do to win in leave […]

RIM CEO comments on iPhone development, Steve Wozniak makes a prediction and more in this week's mobile news.

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RIM CEO Jim Balsillie says Apple is doing it wrong. Entrepreneur has an article on how to build an iPhone app without hiring a developer. What do developers think of these services? Steve Wozniak makes a prediction about the mobile industry. Looks like Wozniak was misquoted, he actually thinks every app he has is better […]